Rights

• Right to Water
• Right to Food
• Right to Shelter
• Right to Safety
• Right to Social Acceptance
• Right to Social Acceptance on your terms
• Right to Power (to Voice your Opinion, and have influence)

Discrimination

• by Gender
• by Ethnicity/Race
• by Religion
• by Sexual Orientation
• by Attractiveness/Culture/Likes/Dislikes/Similarities/Differences
• by Criminal Record
• by Disease (AIDS, Cancer)
• by Disability
• by Thoughts: Are you willing to agree to disagree, or do you hold the disagreement against the person

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Accumulating wealth can be understood as a race down an infinite stretch of road, with the goal being to get as far from the starting line (0 wealth) as possible in the positive direction (don’t go in debt).

• Some people are born at the starting line, some people are born 1 billion meters past the starting line.
• Some people are born with advantages like a jet plane or roller skates, or some people are born with disadvantages like they don’t have legs or can’t ride in jets.
• Some people face obstacles that make their journey more difficult, while some people find help and support to travel faster and more comfortably.

This is not a fair race.  At present, there is no-one in charge of equalizing this playing field besides your religious beliefs.

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A collection of articles related to the state of socioeconomic mobility.  New ones are added as they are found.

Paths to Wealth, Socioeconomic Mobility in America – A detailed look at the options available to Americans.

Friends as an Asset Class – An Investor’s Take on Friendship – Friendship as an indicator of Socioeconomic Mobility

SocioEconomic Mobility takes generations – NYTimes look at ancestors to predict chances of wealth

The Myth of the Self Made Man – The idea that you can achieve success without help is a myth.  The simplest argument is that when you were born, someone must have taken care of you and raised you.  When you grow up, you benefited from the lessons other people had to make mistakes to learn.  You did not grow up in complete isolation with only yourself to rely on.

Article explaining the challenges faced by those without computers or computer literacy–barrier to mobility in the computing age.

Low Wage Workers find it easy to fall into poverty, and difficult to escape – NYTimes

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